'Roblox seems a dangerous place for kids': Claire Sweeney warns parents of dangers of gaming site after online thieves targeted her son Jaxon, 7
Claire Sweeney has warned parents of the dangers of online gaming site Roblox after her son Jaxon was targeted by online thieves.
The actress, 51, took to Twitter on Monday to issue a stark warning about the risks of letting children play on the site.
Claire revealed her son Jaxon, seven, was playing the game when she saw he had been sent a message instructing him to tell them her credit card numbers.
![Warning: Claire Sweeney has warned parents of the dangers of online gaming site Roblox after her son Jaxon, seven, was targeted by online thieves, (pictured in March)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12/27/11/65959005-11574719-image-a-35_1672139631837.jpg)
Warning: Claire Sweeney has warned parents of the dangers of online gaming site Roblox after her son Jaxon, seven, was targeted by online thieves, (pictured in March)
She tweeted: 'Parents out there, anyone’s kids play Roblox? Yesterday my son was playing, and I saw on the chat in the corner,someone was asking him to go to my purse,take out my credit card and read the numbers!!
'@Roblox seems a dangerous place for kids. Thankfully he told me!'
Roblox is a gaming site where more than half American players are under the age of 16.
The website allows users to create blocky Lego-esque avatars and program their own games or play games created by other users.
However, there are concerns that children may be unsafe playing the popular game and could be prey for online predators.
![Gaming site: The website allows users to create blocky Lego-esque avatars and program their own games or play games created by other users](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12/26/15/65942469-11574719-image-a-5_1672070107658.jpg)
Gaming site: The website allows users to create blocky Lego-esque avatars and program their own games or play games created by other users
She was flooded with messages from other parents sharing their concerns, including Jeremy Vine.
He wrote: 'Did a piece on this @BBCRadio2! Horrible stories.
'One 13yr-old encouraged to run away from home to meet "a teenage girl" who turned out to be a large man in the Czech Republic'.
![Shocking: She tweeted: 'Parents out there, anyone¿s kids play Roblox? Yesterday my son was playing, and I saw on the chat in the corner,someone was asking him to go to my purse,take out my credit card and read the numbers!'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12/26/16/65942439-11574719-Shocking_She_tweeted_Parents_out_there_anyone_s_kids_play_Roblox-a-12_1672070640823.jpg)
Shocking: She tweeted: 'Parents out there, anyone’s kids play Roblox? Yesterday my son was playing, and I saw on the chat in the corner,someone was asking him to go to my purse,take out my credit card and read the numbers!'
Claire replied: 'Your show was brilliant, @HayleyHassall read article. Chatted to my son about Roblox. Then this happened yesterday.
'They said they knew everything about him, his age,name ect. Then asked him to go to my purse, get my credit card and send the numbers. user name was “Unfortunate”.'
Claire's warning comes after earlier this year, Kim Kardashian threatened to sue Roblox after her son Saint, 6, saw an ad for her 'unreleased' sex tape.
Kim was left shocked as she saw Saint laughing at his iPad while playing Roblox. only to see a picture of her crying face on the screen captioned 'Kim's new sex tape'.
![Concerning: She was flooded with messages from other parents sharing their concerns, including Jeremy Vine](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12/26/16/65942441-11574719-Concerning_She_was_flooded_with_messages_from_other_parents_shar-a-13_1672070651638.jpg)
Concerning: She was flooded with messages from other parents sharing their concerns, including Jeremy Vine
'It's not OK though, it's not,' Kim sobbed. 'On Roblox, Saint was on Roblox yesterday and a f***ing thing popped up and he started laughing and it was a picture of my cry face.
'It was a game that someone made of Roblox and it said Kim's New Sex Tape when you clicked on it. Thank god he can't f***ing read yet.
'And it's like over my dead body is this s**t going to happen to me again. I just want it gone. This is not gonna f**k with me. It's not, so I just want it gone.'
She added in a confessional: 'Had my son been a little bit older and had been able to read, I would have been mortified... I almost died when Saint laughed at it.'
A fired up Kim then told her lawyer to draft something to take this down immediately and she has, 'all the time, all the money and all the resources to burn them all to the f***ing ground.'
Roblox said it removed the room and banned its creator - and no sex tape was ever available.
![Awful: Claire's warning comes after earlier this year, Kim Kardashian threatened to sue Roblox after her son Saint, 6, saw an ad for her 'unreleased' sex tape](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12/26/15/56602653-11574719-Horrific_Earlier_in_the_episode_Kim_was_left_shocked_as_she_saw_-a-9_1672070288125.jpg)
Awful: Claire's warning comes after earlier this year, Kim Kardashian threatened to sue Roblox after her son Saint, 6, saw an ad for her 'unreleased' sex tape
Most watched News videos
- Sprint for sunbeds! UK tourists scramble for best poolside loungers
- Rioter pushing against police shields is knocked to the ground
- Before and after: Man's life changed by new Parkinson's treatment
- Moment golden retriever crushes three-year-old girl to death
- Furious Putin is told Ukrainian soldiers have crossed Russian border
- Radio station and shopping mall shake during Japan earthquake
- Schoolboy learns his fate for beating up tiny female school aide
- Huge container ship erupts into fireball while docked in China port
- Shocking moment Banksy's howling wolf artwork is stolen in Peckham
- Moment CTSFO police use flashbangs to raid in West Kensington
- Thousands gather for counter-protest against far-right in Belfast
- Japan earthquake shakes homes after sparking tsunami warning